Hay-carrier.



No. 790,891. PATENTED MAY 30, 1905. W. 6: O. A. GUTENKUNST.

HAY CARRIER.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1904.

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PATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM GUTENKUNST AND CHARLES A. GUTENKUNST, OF MILWAUKEE,

WISCONSIN.

HAY-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 790,891, dated May 30, 1905.

Application filed September 24, 1904. Serial No. 225,867.

T all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM GUrnNKUNs'r and CHARLES A. GUTENKUNsT, citizens of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hay- Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in IQ hay-carriers; and it pertains more especially, first, to the peculiar mechanism for locking the carrier at a fixed point to and releasing it from its supporting-bracket both automatically and manually; second, to the mechanism 5 for automatically releasing the hay-supporting tackle-block from the carrier both automatically and manually automatically by contact of the tackle-block with the releasing mechanism of the carrier when the same is interlocked with the carrier-retaining bracket and manually when the carrier is upon either side of the retaining-bracket, as may be required when removing hay from a hay-mow or when desirous to lower the tackle-block for 5 any purpose.

Our invention is explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of the carrier upon its supporting-track, part of the car- 3 rier-frame being broken away to disclose the interior. Fig. 2 is aside view of the carrier, the carrier-supporting track, the carrier-retaining bracket, a hoisting-rope, and tackleblock by which a hay sling or fork is elevated.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of our device drawn on line r0 m of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a front, and Fig. 5 a side, view of the mechanism by which the carrier is locked to and disengaged from the carrier-retaining bracket, the same be- 4 ing removed from the carrier-frame. Fig. 6 is a detail, part in section, of a part of the tackle-block and pulley used in connection with a hay-sling.

Like parts are identified by the same referonce characters throughout the several views.

1 represents the carrier-supporting track.

2 is a carrier-retaining bracket by which the carrier is locked to the track as the tackleblock 3, with its load, is being elevated.

5 4 is a hoisting-rope.

The carrier proper comprises the carriage 5 and the frame 6 with its locking and releasing mechanism. The carriage 5, including the frame A and frame-supporting rollers B, is permanently supported upon and in the same relative position to the track, while the frame 6, with the locking and releasing mechanism, is revolubly suspended from the frame 5, whereby the carrier may be reversed and run in either direction upon either side of the retaining-bracket 2-.

The carrier 5 is automatically locked in engagement with the bracket 2 by the retainingcatch 6, which catch is adapted to enter the retaining-recess 7 of the bracket and be auto- 5 matically engaged by and between the shoulders 8 8 as the carrier moves horizontally along the track above said bracket. The catch 6 ispivotally supported from its retainingbearings 9 upon the pivotal bolt 10, which bolt is so located at one side of the center of gravity of said catch that the upper arm of said catch is caused to bear against the vertical surface of the diagonal plates 11 until it reaches the open recess 7 when it drops of its 7 5 own gravity into said recess between said retaining-shoulders 8. The retaining-catch 6 is adapted to be disengaged from said recess 7 in two different ways first, by contact of the tackle-block with the bufiing-bar 12 as the load is being raised, and, second, by the operator when drawing upon the operating-cord,

as hereinafter described. Motion is communicated from the buffing-bar 12 to said catch thrown back out of engagement with the carrier-retaining bracket. The catch 6 is disengaged from said bracket manually at any time before the load is raised or before the tackleblock is brought in contact with said bufling- 9 bar by drawing downwardly upon the cord 15. Motion is communicated from the cord 15 to the catch 6 through the lever 16, pivotal connection 17, buffing-bar 12, and contactarm 18. The contact-arm 18 forms an integral part of the catch 6, which parts are centrally pivotally supported upon the bolt 10, whereby as said arm 18 is thrown upwardly by the buffing-bar said catch 6 is thrown outwardly and away from the retaining-bracket. I00

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It will be understood that with hay-carriers as ordinarily constructed it is necessary for the tackle-block and load to be elevated to and brought in contact with the locking mechanism of the carrier regardless of the height of the mow or place of deposit, that the locking mechanism of the carrier may be disengaged from the retaining-bracket by contact of such parts. Thus it will be obvious that when depositing the load in the bottom of a mow or at a lower level than the vehicle from which it is elevated a large amount of labor is wasted in unnecessarily raising the load above the place of deposit, and it is to avoid this unnecessary labor that we have provided our carrier with two separate means for disengaging the locking mechanism of the carrier from said retainingbracket, and it will now be understood that when the tackle-block, with its load, has been raised. buta slight distance from the vehicle the carrier, with the tackle block, is released from the retaining-bracket by drawing downwardly upon the cord 15, whereby the hay-carrier, with the tackle-block and load suspended therefrom, will be drawn to the place of deposit without elevating the tackleblock to the carrier. When, however, the place of deposit is at a higher elevation near the plane of the carrier, the hay-carrier may be automatically disengaged by contact of the tackle-block with the bufiing-bar in the usual 'way,and the necessity of manually disengaging the carrier from its retainingbracket is It will be understood that when the carrier is out of engagement with the retaining-bracket 2 the hoisting-rope 4 will be antomatically locked and prevented from being drawn downwardly by the weight of the tackleblock or the'load suspended therefrom over its supporting-pulley by the clamping-arm 19.

By our improvement we have provided two means for releasing the hoisting-rope 4 from the clampingarm 19. First, the clampingrope is automatically released from the clamping-arm by the action of the retaining-bracket 2 as the carrier is broughtintolocking engagementtherewith. Second, the hoistingrope is manually released from the clamping-arm when the carrier is upon either side of the retaining-bracket by drawing upon the operating-cord 15. The required motion is communicated to the clamping arm 19 from the bracket2 for automatically releasing the hoisting-rope 4 as the crrrier is broughtinto locking engagement with said bracket by contact of the latch 20 with the angular vertical plates 11 of said retaining-bracket, as more clearly indicated in Fig. 5. Thus it will be understood that as the latch 20 is moved horizontally along the angular plates 11 its upper arm 21 is forced outwardly by said angular plate, whereby its lower arm 22 is thrown upwardly beneath the head 23 of the actuating-bar 14, whereby said bar is drawn upwardly in contact with the lower side of said clamping-arm always be automatically. released as the carrier 1s brought into locking engagement with the retaining-bracket. When, however, it is desirous to release the hoisting-rope when the carrier is upon either side of its retainingbracket, motion is communicated to said clamping-arm 19 from the operating-cord 15 through the lever 16, pivotal connection 17, buffingbar 12, arm 18, arm 22, and catch-actuating bar 14, whereby the laterally-projecting arm 24 is brought beneath said clamping-arm 19, and the same is raised and thrown out of contact with said hoisting-rope,when the tackleblock is permitted to descend of its own gravity.

For convenience of construction and operation the upper end of the catch 6 is provided with a recess 25 for the reception of the latch 20, which is pivotally supported from the same bolt 10, while the lower arm 22 is thereby brought above the arm 18 of the catch, whereby when the arm 18 is thrown up by the action of the bufiing-bar it will contact with said arm 22, whereby said catch 6 and latch 20 will be simultaneously actuated. The catchactuating bar 14 is provided with a longitudinal slot 26, through which the pivotal bolt 13 of the clamping-arm 19 is inserted, said slot being formed to permit of the required vertical movement of said catch-actuating bar. Said buffing-bar 12 is also provided with a longitudinal slot 27 to permit of its vertical movement past said pivot 13.

It will be understood that when the catch 6 is raised and dropped into the recess 7 of the carrier-retaining bracket (thereby locking the carrier at a fixed point to the track) the arm 21 of the latch 20' is simultaneously thrown back by contact with the angular plates 11, whereby the clamping-arm 19 is thrown out of engagement with the hoisting-rope. Thus the same movement of the carrier which locks it in place to the track also simultaneously disengages the clamping-arm from the hoistingrope and permits the tackle-block to descend. Attention is also called to the fact that the locking and releasing mechanism of the carrier is centrally located within the connecting-collars of the carrier 5 and frame 6, whereby the latter is free to be turned in any direction without interfering with said locking and releasing mechanism.

The interior connecting-collar 28 is formed integrally with the frame of the carriage 5,

while the exterior collar 29 is formed integrally with the frame 6, the lower edge of the collar 29 being adapted to bear and turn upon the horizontal flange 30 of said collar 28.

31 represents one of the arms of the tackleblock, which is provided with a hook 32, which is adapted to engage one of the loops of a sling when the same is used in connection therewith. A similar arm 33 is formed in connection with a pulley 34, which is adapted to engage the opposite loop of the same.

Referring to Fig. 5, the carrier-retaining bracket comprises, in addition to the angular plates 11, which actuate the carrier-retaining catch 6, the vertical connecting-plate 35 and fastening-bolts 36. The plate 35 serves as a contact-bearing for the arm 21 of the latch 20 and holds said arm 22 and catch-actuating bar 14 in their raised position, while the catch 6 is permitted to drop of its own gravity into its locking position beneath said plate.

It will be understood that one end of the hoisting-rope 4 is permanently secured above one of the rope-supporting pulleys 38 by a knot 39 or any equivalent stop, while the central portion of said hoisting-rope is adapted to be drawn over the opposite pulley 40, that as the end of the rope is drawn down over said pulley 40 in the act of raising the tackle-block the clamping-arm 19 will be thrown back therefrom and the rope is free to pass beneath it, when by the reverse movement of said rope as the tackle-block descends said clampingarm 19 will be drawn down by contact with the rope and be caused to impinge against it, whereby the rope is securely clamped between said clamping-arm and said pulley 40, and the tackle-block, with its load, will be suspended by the rope until said clamping-arm 19 is disengaged therefrom either by the manual act of the operator by drawing down upon the operating-cord 15 or automatically by contact of the tackle-block with the lower end of the bufling-bar as the tackle-block is raised.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hay-carrier, the combination of a carrier-retaining catch adapted to be raised by sliding contact with the carrier retaining bracket and to drop into locking engagement with'said bracket when the carrier is beneath the same; means including abuffing-bar actuated by the tackle-block of the carrier as it is raised, for disengaging said catch from the retaining bracket and additional means comprising an operating-lever pivotally connected near its center to the carrier, one end of said lever being connected with the buffingbar and the other end with an operating-cord for manually releasing said catch from said bracket before the tackle-block is raised.

2. In a hay-carrier, the combination of a carrier-retaining catch and a rope-releasing latch, both pivotally supported from the carrier and both being adapted to be raised by sliding contact with the carrier-retaining bracket as the carrier is brought into locking position with said bracket; a clamping-arm adapted to automaticall y engage the hoisting-rope when the carrier is out of locking position with said bracket; means actuated by said rope-releasing latch for raising said clamping-arm and releasing said hoisting-rope as said latch is raised by contact with said bracket, while said carrier-retaining catch is permitted to simultaneously drop into engagement with said carrier-retaining bracket.

3. In a hay-carrier, the combination of acarrier-retaining catch; a rope-releasing latch, both pivotall y supported from the carrier and both being adapted to be simultaneously raised by sliding contact with the angular bearings of the carrier-retaining bracket as the carrier is brought into locking position with said bracket; a clamping-arm adapted to automatically eiigage the hoisting-rope when the carrier is out of locking position with said bracket; means actuated by said rope-releasing latch for raising said clamping-arm and releasing said hoisting-rope as said latch is raised by contact with said bracket and additional means for manually raising said latch and releasing said clamping-arm when said carrier is out of locking engagement with said bracket, substantially as set forth.

4. In a hay-carrier, the combination of acarrier-retaining catch adapted to be raised by sliding contact with the carrier retaining bracket and to drop into locking engagement with said bracket when the carrieris beneath the same; means including a bufling-bar actuated by the tackle-block of the carrier as it is raised, for disengaging said catch from the retaining-bracket; additional means for manually releasing said catch from said bracket before the tackle-block is raised comprising an operating-lever pivotally connected near its center, to the carrier, one end of said lever being connected with the buffing-bar and the other end with an operating-cord and means for automatically clamping the hoisting-rope by which the tackle-block is raised and preventing said tackle-block from descending from the carrier when the latter is disengaged from the carrier-retaining bracket, either automatically, or manually, substantially as set forth.

5. In allay-carrier, the combination ofacarrier-retaining catch and a rope-releasing latch, both pivotally supported from the carrier and both being adapted to be raised by sliding contact with the carrier-retaining bracket as the carrier is brought into locking position with said bracket; 2. clamping-arm adapted to automatically engage the hoisting-rope when the carrier is out of locking position with said bracket; a bufiing-bar slidably suspended beneath the eenter of the carrierframe adapted to be raised by contact with the tackle-block as thelatter is raised, while the upper endof said butting-bar isadapted as it is raised, to be brought in contact with the lower end-of the carrier-retaining latch, whereby said latch and carrier are disengaged from said bracket.

6. In ahaycarrier,the combination of a carrier-retaining catch and a rope-releasing latch, both pivotally supported from the carrier and both being adapted to be raised by sliding contact with the carrier-retaining bracket as the carrier is brought into locking position with said bracket; a clamping-arm adapted to antomatically engage the hoisting-rope when the carrier is out of locking position with said bracket; a buff ng-bar slidably suspended from the frame of the carrier; a catch-actuating bar slidably supported within said buffing-bar and adapted to engage at its upper end with the lower arm of said rope-releasing latch, said bufling-bar being adapted to be raised automatically by contact with the tackle-block as it is raised, and manually through an operating-lever and lever-actuating cord, said catchreleasing bar being adapted to be raised by the action of said bufling-bar, said bufiing-bar being adapted, as it is raised, to contact with the lower arm of said retaining-catch, thereby releasing the same from the carrier-retaining bracket, while the lower arm of said catch is adapted to contact with the lower arm of said rope-releasing latch, motion being communicated from the lower arm of said latch through said catch-actuating bar to the clamping-arm, whereby the latter is thrown out of contact with the hoisting-rope and said rope is released as the carrier is disengaged from the retaining-bracket, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of a carrier-supporting track, a track-supporting bracket comprising two bearing-plates formed at an angle to said track and a central connecting-plate formed in line with said track; a carrier comprising a carriage suspended by rollers from said bar to said clamping-bar as the former is raised and means for manually operating said buffing-bar when not in contact with the tackleblock, all substantially as, and for the purpose specified.

8. A carrier-retaining bracket comprising two bearing-plates formed at an angle to its supporting-track; a latch-retaining recesslocated between said bearing-plates; a connecting-plate located between said angular bearing-plates and formed in line with the bracketsupporting track, in combination with a haycarrier provided with a pivotally-supported catch and latch, both of which are adaptedto be raised by contact with the angular bearing-plates, said catch being adapted to drop into engagement with said bracket between the ends of said angular plates while said latch is held in its raised position by contact with the central connecting-plate of said bracket, whereby the carrier is locked to the bracket and the hoisting-rope is simultaneously disengaged from its clamping arm, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the-presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM GUTENKUNST. CHARLES A. GUTENKUN ST. Witnesses:

JAs. B. ERWIN, WM. E. BARELMAN. 

